FIX: Installation failure when you try to install SQL Server 2012 Remote Blob Store for an additional database on the same instance of SQL Server by using the command line

Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2012 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2012 fix release.

Symptoms

Assume that you install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Remote Blob Store for an additional database on the same instance of SQL Server by using the command line. For example, you run the following command at the command line:

Cause

This issue occurs because the second installation uses incorrect values for variables that are derived from the first installation.

These variables store the FILESTREAM database name and the instance name. During the second installation, the values of these variables are retrieved from the registry and overwrite the values that you define in the command line.

Resolution

Cumulative update information

Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2012 SP1

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 2. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2012 SP1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2012 SP1 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2772858 The SQL Server 2012 builds that were released after SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 was released

Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2012

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 5. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2012, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2012 fix release. We recommend that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2692828 The SQL Server 2012 builds that were released after SQL Server 2012 was released

Workaround

To work around the issue, install the Remote Blob Store by using the UI mode instead of using the command line.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.